Arts digest: Downtown's Last Thursdays gallery walk is this week

Downtown's Last Thursdays gallery walk is this week

Dozens of Downtown art galleries, museums, restaurants and nightclubs will offer special exhibitions, artisan goods, discounts and entertainment during the Last Thursdays Art Walk from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday.

Last Thursdays is a collaboration between the Downtown Arts District and the local arts community to showcase the contemporary art scene in Downtown El Paso. It's organized by the city of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department.

Information: facebook.com/EPDAD; elpasotexas.gov/mcad.

Artists in incubator program debut works this week

New works by local artists funded by the City of El Paso's Museums and Cultural Affairs Department's Artist Incubator Program will debut at several El Paso venues in the next two weeks.

The program, established in 2011, supports the creation of new work in a variety of disciplines.

This week's shows:

• "Corridos de El Paso": Paintings by Jesus Cimi Alvarado and music by Kiko Glen will be presented from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday at the Purple Pop-Up Gallery, 210 E. Mills; Glen will perform at noon Saturday at Cafe Mayapan.

Talk is Thursday for 'Less is More' miniatures show

Artists involved in the "Less is More" miniatures exhibit will speak from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Hal Marcus Gallery. Artist Jorge Gúzman also will give a musical performance during the event.

The works in the show range from 1 to 16 inches and are by Marcus, Gúzman, Natalie Baca, Willibald de Cabrera, Teresa Fernández, Mauricio Mora, Daniel Padilla, Krystyna Robbins, Francisco Romero, Bill Sullivan and others. They continue on display through Sept. 12.

2 more chances to discuss new cultural centers

The city of El Paso, looking for input about a planned new children's museum, Hispanic cultural center and multipurpose cultural and performing arts facility, has scheduled two new meetings to get community input:

El Pasoans also can give the city feedback about the projects by going online to buildingtomorrowtogether.com and clicking on the Signature Projects link. The projects were approved by a 2012 election.

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